Precision Psychiatry in Practice – A Pharmacist–Physician Collaboration| Precision Medicine Pharmacist Podcast

Welcome to PPN – The Precision Medicine Pharmacist, the podcast where science, innovation, and collaboration are redefining patient care. We are kicking off a special two-part series titled Precision Psychiatry in Practice – A Pharmacist–Physician Collaboration. In this series, we explore how precision medicine is reshaping mental health treatment — and what becomes possible when pharmacists and psychiatrists work together with shared clinical goals. Today’s episode, The New Frontier: How Pharmacists and Psychiatrists Are Teaming Up for Precision Mental Health, focuses on how this collaboration began — the challenges that inspired it, the early conversations that shaped it, and the practical steps taken to bring pharmacogenomics into psychiatric care. Joining us is Dr. Saba Arshad, clinical pharmacist, founder of Med DNA Health, and a strong advocate for integrating pharmacogenomic insight into mental health treatment. We will also hear from Dr. Afshan Khan, psychiatrist and clinical partner in this model of care, as we explore how their professional paths aligned to create something new. In this first episode, we will lay the foundation — examining the “why” behind precision psychiatry and the systems that had to evolve to support it. Then, in part two, Dr. Khan will join us more extensively as we move from framework to real-world impact, sharing patient cases, clinical outcomes, and lessons learned from implementing precision medicine in practice.